On Jane Austen’s 200th death anniversary: Much more than a woman writer of...
By Vikas Datta
With a major plot of hers being women's dependence on an advantageous marriage to secure social standing and economic security, Jane Austen's...
Fascism: Recognising the beast and what it feeds on
By Vikas Datta
Title: Fascism: A Warning; Author: Madeleine Albright; Publisher: William Collins; Pages: 304; Price: Rs 699
If not the outcome of the Second World...
Book Review: Anger is good and other lessons from Mahatma Gandhi to his grandson
By Saket Suman
Title: The Gift of Anger; Author: Arun Gandhi; Publisher: Penguin; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 292.
Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is widely...
Bookends: Need tips on parenting in the age of anxiety, Facebook and McDonald’s
New Delhi-- In an era of teens and tweens facing the spectre of depression and getting overexposed to social media and junk food, parenting...
Jay Bhattacharjee delves into India’s ‘existential threats’ in his latest book
New Delhi-- Incorporating a wide-ranging collection of incisive and insightful essays and reviews by Jay Bhattacharjee that were published in various journals and newspapers...
‘Oval Office akin to a Star Wars bar scene during Trump’s final days’
New Delhi-- "We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide," Donald Trump had declared on January 6, triggering a violent attack by...
Nadda launches book ‘Modi: Shaping a Global order in flux’
New Delhi-- BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Wednesday launched a book "Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux" in Chanakyapuri here.
While addressing the...
Book Review: How Jayalalithaa inched her way to the top
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Amma; Jayalalithaa's Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen; Author: Vaasanthi; Publisher: Juggernaut; Pages: 175; Price: Rs 299
When she entered...
Book Review: The unknown lyrical side of Trump — with help from a fiction...
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump; Author (compiler): Rob Sears; Publisher: Canongate Books; Pages: 144; Price: Rs 699
What can we make...
The curious asymmetry or risk in our modern lives
By Vikas Datta
Title: Skin in the Game; Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 699
Things which should...
